What's the point of auction with reserved price?

[Chuck Guzis]

On 19 Nov 2006 at 22:29, 9000 VAX wrote:

> Should people just list the reserved price as the start price? I see
> auctions with reserved price often get 0 bid. This is something I don't
> understand. In what situation would this thing be useful?
 
Like my momma always said, "It never hurts to ask".  Many sellers 
(myself included) will readily divulge the reserve price if asked.  
AFAIK, it's not against eBay rules.

Cheers,
Chuck